– BYE BYE ALEX: then it’s (already!!!) time for Alex to go back to Puebla to work. What an intense pleasure to share such a magical journey with a dear friend. After my year of lonely journey, I am deeply convinced that travelling is made to be shared with someone you care about a lot. Thank you Alex for that. Apparently, high prices of the return tickets push me to give it a second try to experience travelling alone 7 more days. I gently start my Saturday relaxing in this quiet town and then, grabbing a bus to some new solitary adventures in a new city: Merida!

For the story, the pic, is us, the two clowns. We meet for breakfast, in front of our cup of coffee, look at each other, from top to bottom and lough big time: WE MADE IT, we are wearing exactly the same cloths :D.

– UXMAL & LOLTUM: Im pretty lucky with life and to cheers me up after Alex’s departure, a Brazilian spontaneously takes me under his wings. He has the money and the desire to rent a car but… Not the license!!! What an opportunity, it seems that my profile perfectly matches (no money but the license). And that is how, at 11pm, we decide to rent a car to spend the next day, Sunday, exploring the Mayan secrets (yes again!!!) of the area: Loltum cave and Uxmal temple. No doubt, those are definitely my second Top Experience of this trip (perhaps also because such meetings give me hope and goof energy?)

About Uxmal, only few knowledge. The city’s dates of occupation are unknown and the estimated population (about 15 000 people) is a rough guess. Most of the city’s major construction took place while Uxmal was the capital of a Late Classic Maya state around 850-925 AD. After about 1000 AD, Toltec invaders took over, and most building ceased by 1100 AD.

About Loltum Cave, it is one of the most extensive in all Mexico. Inside, there is evidence that confirms human occupation around 1 500 BC such as recovered bones of mammoth, bison, cats, and deer. On the walls, we even observed painting, representations of animals and some geometric shapes.

– MERIDA CITY : since the Spanish conquest, Merida is the cultural capital of the entire peninsula. On Monday, after having handed it the car and say bye of my one-day friend, I decide to take a guided tour of this beautiful city to better understand its colonial history, with narrow streets, broad central plazas and crowded market.More dynamic than Valladolid, it offers some nice walks by night, among musicians, dancers, shops and street food. A big thank you to Nomadas Hostel who kept my self pretty busy with all its activities: yoga class, cooking class, swimming pool and… Its magic “only-girls” dormitory. Bye bye the bad manly smells and loud snoring;).